Safety hook or link for chains, &amp;c.



No. 637,778. Patented Dec. 3, |901.

S. R. PATTEN. SAFETYHOOK 0R LINK FOB CHAINS, &c.

(Application lec Sept. 30, 1901.)

(No Model.)

witnessed UNITED. raras Fnrsnr SIMON RICE IATTEN, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SAFETY HOOK OR LINK FOR CHAINS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,778, dated December 3, 1901. Application tiled September 30, 1901i. Serial, No. 77,083. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- j

Be it known that i, SIMON RICE PATTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Hooks or Links for Chains, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to safety hooks or links for chains, dac., its object being to improve the structure of such devices.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompa nying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a piece of chain with a safety-hook embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of two pieces of chain connected by a safety-link made in detachable from both pieces. i device is a link or a hook there is a solid bar accordance with my invention. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the link shown in Fig. 2. Fig. et is a sectional view of a modification.

I use the terms link and hook to distinguish between the uses to which my invention may be applied. A hook is usually con# nected permanently to one link of a chain or to la rope and may be detachably engaged with any other link of the chainv or to a loop in the rope. A link, as I use the term in the vpresent case, is a device to connect two pieces of chain or two pieces of rope together, but Whether the A, which may be of any desired shape crosssectionally, and this bar is provided with either one or two recesses a, one when the device is used as a hook and two when it is used as a link. In each recess o. is a spring b, upon which a pin c is supported. As shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the outer portion of the pin is slotted, as indicated by c to receive an arm d, extending parallel with the bar A and secured to the latter in any desired manner. Preferably I bore a hole through the bar A and insert a pin d therein, said pin being bent at a right angle to form the arm d. The pin d can be secured in the hole by burring, as indicated at d2, or otherwise. As shown in Fig. 4, the outer end of the pin cis halved out to form a shoulder c2, over which the arm d projects. In either case the pin c is prevented from leaving the recess or under the iniiuence of the spring b.

In Fig. l one end of the bar A is attened and provided with an opening f to receive a link of a chain, or such opening may receive a rope, or it may be elongated to receive a strap. At the other end of the bar is a hook h, with its open end adjacent to the bar A. A sleeve s is fitted to slide upon the bar A and over the open end of the hook to close the latter. The outward movement of the sleeve is limited by the diverging sides of the hook, and the parts are so proportioned that when the sleeve is at its outermost position on the bar and hook the pin c will form a stop for the inner end of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 3, and obviously by depressing the pin c the sleeve may be moved inwardly on the bar A to expose the open end of the hook, and when so moved the outer end of the pin c will bear against the inner surface of the sleeve and cause sufficient friction to hold the sleeve in that position.

In Figs. 2 and 3 cach end of the bar is provided with a hook, and two sleevess and two pins c are employed. With this construction the device may be used as a hook, the

same as the device shown in Fig, l, and may also be used as-a link to connect two pieces of chain without necessitating the permanent attachment of either piece of chain to it. In order to limit the inward movement of the sleeves, the bar A will preferably be provided with a stop w, with which the inner ends of the sleeves may engage.

Without limiting myself to the precise details of construction illustrated and den scribed, I claim-u 1. In adevice of the class described, a bar having a recess between its ends, and ahook projecting from one end with its open end ads jacent to the bar, combined with a sleeve slidably supported upon the bar and its outer end adapted to close the open end of the hook, a spring-supported pin in said recess to form a stop for the inner end of the sleeve, and an arm secured to the bar and projecting over the pin to hold the latter in its re` cess, substantially as set forth.

2. In a. device of the class described, abar having two recesses formed in it at points remote from its respective ends, and having a hook projecting from each end, the open ends of said hooks being adjacent to the respeos IOO tive ends of the bar, sleeves slidably supported upon the bar and movable in opposite directions to close the open ends of the hooks, spring-supported pins in said recesses to form stops respectively for the inner ends of the'sleeves, a stop on the bar between the recesses with which the inner ends of the sleeves may engage, and arms secured to the bar and projecting over the pins to hold the latter in their recesses, substantially as set forth.

3. In adevice of the class described, a bar having a recess betvveen its ends, a hook projecting from one end with its open end adjacent to the bar, and means for connecting the other end of the bar to a chain, 83e., corn- SIMON RICE PATTEN.

Witnesses:

H. G. OGDEN, Jr., W. CLARENCE DUvALL. 

